Best Way to Start a Job Search?

[furryrabidbunny]

Oh wow, I'm 14 and I can not wait to go to college.

Also, your only 14, never been to college or a real school for that matter, nor have you probably held a job before.

 

[adroit]

That sounds like a cool program... I haven't heard of anything like that in Arizona (or anywhere else for that matter). What schools mostly offer here are just internships, which are awesome for experience but suck for pay. The college I got accepted to and would be attending if work doesn't pay off is really internship based (I was accepted to the College of Human Services as a social work major, I am interested in that field and have been accepted to interships already, but all of them fell apart).

Internships are pretty cool, but it is more like taking a year off for work.
As for pay, I think it is really depends on the industry you're in as well. I am in Engineering and right now I am getting about 70% of what I could have with a degree. Not too shabby for a student .

You don't seems to have too much trouble finding a job, so why not just organize your own co-op? You can do full-time work during the summer, or just take couple of semasters off in between when you're sick of school. It may not be the best solution for everyone but it might work for you. It wouldn't hurt if you graduate 1-2 years later but have a lot of work experience in between. This is still better than not having a degree, and better than find out that you'll have to go back to school when you're 30.

Also college is fun, and you'll get to meet a lot of interesting people and get to do things that you'll never get to do if you go straight to work. Even if classes are boring, useless, and poorly taught; I am sure that you'll still find some joy in it.

 

[Abstract]

Co-ops and internships are all the same. It's just how the work term is divided up that's different. With co-ops, you start your co-op in your 3rd year (of a degree that's normally 4 years). You go to uni the first 4 months (one semester), then you go back to school for another 4 months, and then continue alternating until your degree is finished. You end up with 16 months total work.
Sometimes, they'll make you go to uni for 8 months, then you get an 8 month co-op, go back to uni for 8 months, have another 8 month work co-op, and you finish off your degree by going back to uni for your last 4 or 8 months. It really depends.

Internships either have 8 month work terms similar to what I just described, or they just work for 16 months straight and never have to go back to uni during that time.

 

[adroit]

Co-ops and internships are all the same. It's just how the work term is divided up that's different. With co-ops, you start your co-op in your 3rd year (of a degree that's normally 4 years). You go to uni the first 4 months (one semester), then you go back to school for another 4 months, and then continue alternating until your degree is finished. You end up with 16 months total work.
Sometimes, they'll make you go to uni for 8 months, then you get an 8 month co-op, go back to uni for 8 months, have another 8 month work co-op, and you finish off your degree by going back to uni for your last 4 or 8 months. It really depends.

Internships either have 8 month work terms similar to what I just described, or they just work for 16 months straight and never have to go back to uni during that time.

Yes I am quite aware of that. The difference is that with co-op you usually get several shorter workterms but Internships are usually one longer workterm. My point is one long workterm just doesn't really break the school semasters apart. It is more like taking a year off.

Also, most people started their co-op at the end of first year.